philosophy
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The Spiritual Terror of Modern Art – Can We Make Ourselves Beautiful?
This [modern] art is the work of your neighbors, your contemporaries, human beings who are crying out in despair for the loss of their humanity, their values, their lost absolutes, groping in the dark for answers. It is already late, if not too late, but if we want to help our generation we must hear…
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Lost Illusions – A Lesson for Poets
I recently finished Honoré de Balzac’s Lost Illusions, one of the most popular works from his multi-volume magnum opus, The Human Comedy. Comprising three parts, it tells the story of two talented young men, David Séchard and Lucien Chardon, and their struggle to overcome poverty and establish themselves in the tumultuous and treacherous world of…
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Notes on Idealism – Part One
Since the height of their perfection in the sixteenth century, the arts have shown a steady decline. The cause lies rather in the changes that have occurred in thoughts and manners … the absence of popular taste, the gradual enrichment of the middle classes, the increasingly autocratic sway of sterile criticism, the tendency of men…
Sanchit Creates 